Car-couplihg



iPATBNTED DEG'. 1a, 1859.

L. ADAMS.'

GAR GOUPLING.

LUTHER ADAMS,orBLAnonnsfrER,`onion?"` a L .p

CAR-COUPLING.`

Specification of Letters lPatent No. 26,403, dated Decemberll, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER ADA-Ms, of Blanchester, in the county of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Couplings; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a p full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon and made to form a part of this speci-,

fication.

The nature of my invention relates first, 1

to the `construction and arrangement of latches, by means of which the cars may couple, of themselves as they are made to come together. Second, inl combination with the coupling latches, the arrangement of a rubber spring by means of which said latches are made to act as elastic bumpers, as hereinafter set forth. l

In reference to the accompanying .draw` ings Figure 1, is a bottom view, Fig. 2 a side view and Fig. 3 an end view of the coupling showing its construction, arrangement, and attachment to cars for use. i

(A) represents the truck frame, (B) the bottom of a car. i

(C) represents the latch, constructed with an inclined head (C) in Such manner that said head shall be in the form of a catch as is clearly shown in Fig. l, the head (Cf) of the latch is made with shoulders at (d), which are intended to `bear against the truck frame, when the coupling is acting as a bumper, and the pressure is beyond the capacity of the springs (Il).

(f) is the shank of the latch (C), and is formed to `extend a proper distance under the bottom of the car as shown in Fig. l, to the fastenings (g), between these fasten- `ings (g) is arranged an india rubber spring (l) between the plates (h, L), the plate (L) being permanently secured to the fastenings (g) and the plate (h) being movable so as to allow of the compression of the spring (l), the shanlr` is "formed shoulders at (f) which` are intendedto bearV against the movableplate ,(71.) and therebyf secure the elasticl action ofthe spring "1f f (Z9) is `a spring` attached to the fastening (g) at (gf) and arranged to pressagainst" I the shank y(7) of thelatch, so astosecure@ perfectly the self coupling of the cars,fandffhl y 1 at the Sametime, tol; allow saidlatches to 11" l `be retracted, duringfthemoperation ofun` coupling the cars.,

(s) is a lever p1 y y votedlto3 the car franre` (s), and connectedwith the latch,`byfmeans of a chain (t), by means of whichthe latch may be `retracted when `it""`1nay be `desired` to `uncouple the `carsf It is intended thatfone l of said levers (s) shall befiisedin connection@ i 1. with eachlatch, so thatjtheoperator, may

`remain upon the `carfwhich is tol bel moved after the operatlon of uncoupl1ng`. The 111-"` Win always be made of @length Sufficient@ to secure the perfect` operation of the coup` v ling and prevent `the "outer ends (o) of the"` latches from striking againsteach other. f

I .do not claim broadly the use ofcatches,f{

as a device for car coupling, neither dofI claim the india rubber spring when taken` separately, as I am aware` that similar de#` y vices have been used; but

Having described ,the construction use of my invention whatI claim asmy in y p vention and desire to fsecure byIletters ent isl The combination andarrangerrent of the latch (C, f) SPlIlgxUl and plates (il, hq) p when constructed andzfrnade to `operai@ Suhr." stantially as describedfor the 91111139565 Seti" forth.

In testimony 'of `which inventionfIhave 

